Kate Reid

Thank you, Mr. Chair. Well, that was my lived experience as a library staff at the city of Yellowknife many, many years ago. I'm pretty sure it's still the same, but I could be wrong.

So I guess my question, then, becomes if we want to expand public library services and really, you know, make sure we're supporting literacy in every facet of our territory, including adult literacy, of course how we expand those services and how we deliver those services, I think is a really great question to be engaging with the NWT Association of Librarians, and I would really encourage the Minister to speak...

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'm just going to change line items for right now on my last five minutes here. I note on page 206, there is also mention of wastewater surveillance. The funding from Public Health Agency of Canada has ceased. Can the Minister please speak to how we are funding wastewater surveillance moving forward. Thank you, Madam Chair.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Well, I'll leave that there for now. I might have a different opinion than the Minister, but we can get into that tomorrow.

So could the Minister explain, then, the breakdown of the family violence prevention fund, where the $1.1 million goes to. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. I'll just wait for you to restart the clock. Thank you so much.

So on page 206. (I need new glasses; I have an appointment). The family violence prevention fund is a contribution that the department makes I believe -- or receives, I should say, I think from wage, but maybe the Minister can just confirm.

Thank you, Madam Chair. Yeah, I guess I'm thinking about it more from the business plan perspective which is where it's listed, so I was wondering if you could just give the House an update on that project even though it -- yes, it would be, I guess, in capital. Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I wish to table a letter I received from the Northwest Territories Family Violence Shelter Network seeking reinstatement of annual Building Shelter Capacity Funding. Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. Mr. Speaker, I have some questions for the Minister of Infrastructure as well. So when she says things that the records are not as good as they could have been in 2014, 2015, my archivist heart comes out and I go oh dear. So, fundamentally, that is a huge red flag for someone who understands how the government keeps records. So we have records disposition authorities within every department, including her department, including back in 2014, 2015, Mr. Speaker. And so my question is how are we not keeping records that we are bound to by law? Thank you.

Thank you, Mr. Speaker. And thank you to the Minister for that. I'm glad he took the time to review all of that feedback. Can the Minister outline if the next iteration of the climate change action plan will take the concerns of plain language seriously, and how is the department working to address and incorporate feedback on this particular issue? Thank you, Mr. Speaker.

Thank you, I appreciate that. I believe I might be done for this so I will cede my time to another Member. Thank you.

Thank you, Madam Chair. And, yeah, I would appreciate that breakdown. I just want to highlight it because it is something that's very near and a dear to a lot of my constituents, became very important obviously, as the deputy minister mentioned, during COVID but we also have other novel illnesses -- or I guess maybe not novel illnesses but other airborne illnesses that are causing alarm bells in North America right now, so making sure that we have tracking capacity is really paramount to a lot of my constituents. So I'm happy that that's continuing in Yellowknife.

Can the Minister please speak...